Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 290 309
Rank change year-on-year +47 +19 -107
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 525 561 512
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 0.97% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.09% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 239 282 363
10th Percentile £41,215 £42,608 £44,648
25th Percentile £55,117 £55,554 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -2.10%
75th Percentile £88,125 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £119,000 £96,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £64,108 £66,375
% change year-on-year -2.51% -3.42% +10.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,580 51,296 46,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.42% 88.74% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 28,425 26,239 35,356
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,720 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.08% +4.37% -2.51%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +50 470 £70,000 +3.70% 1,076
London +82 250 £80,000 +1.59% 181
UK excluding London -14 224 £62,500 -2.51% 1,003
Work from Home +33 162 £72,000 +10.77% 521
South East +5 78 £62,500 -3.85% 289
North of England +21 51 £75,000 +11.11% 215
Midlands -17 41 £62,250 -2.35% 181
West Midlands +1 27 £57,468 -11.59% 92
Yorkshire +2 26 £82,500 +26.92% 87
North West +8 24 £68,750 -1.79% 110
East of England +35 22 £72,000 -0.69% 139
South West -11 16 £62,500 +16.28% 105
Northern Ireland +8 12 £75,000 +26.20% 17
East Midlands -24 12 £80,000 +33.33% 81
Wales +4 4 £53,750 -16.16% 23
Scotland -1 3 £42,000 -29.33% 46
North East -8 1 - - 18

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.24%) Confluence
2 6 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.38%) CICS
3 2 (0.38%) CMS
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.38%) MTS
Applications
1 13 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.76%) Trello
6 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 17 (3.24%) Payment Gateway
2 10 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.95%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.76%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) Magento
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 77 (14.67%) SaaS
2 67 (12.76%) Azure
3 50 (9.52%) AWS
4 32 (6.10%) GCP
5 22 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (4.00%) PaaS
6 21 (4.00%) Vertex AI
7 18 (3.43%) Power Platform
8 13 (2.48%) GitHub
8 13 (2.48%) H2O.ai
8 13 (2.48%) OpenShift
9 12 (2.29%) Azure AI
10 7 (1.33%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (0.76%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 3 (0.57%) Collibra
13 3 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.57%) Google Analytics
13 3 (0.57%) Microsoft 365
14 2 (0.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.52%) Broadband
2 7 (1.33%) HTTP
2 7 (1.33%) SD-WAN
2 7 (1.33%) WAN
3 6 (1.14%) 5G
3 6 (1.14%) LAN
3 6 (1.14%) RTP
3 6 (1.14%) Wireless
4 5 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.76%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.76%) PSTN
6 2 (0.38%) ATM
6 2 (0.38%) GPRS
6 2 (0.38%) LTE
6 2 (0.38%) Modbus
6 2 (0.38%) SAN
7 1 (0.19%) 4G
7 1 (0.19%) Intranet
7 1 (0.19%) Network Security
7 1 (0.19%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.81%) Metadata
2 16 (3.05%) Power BI
3 14 (2.67%) Data Lake
3 14 (2.67%) Relational Database
4 12 (2.29%) Data Mining
5 10 (1.90%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.52%) RDBMS
7 7 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.14%) SAP BW
8 6 (1.14%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.95%) Tableau
10 4 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.57%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.38%) DB2
13 1 (0.19%) Big Data
13 1 (0.19%) Data Vault
13 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 34 (6.48%) JIRA
2 5 (0.95%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.76%) ERwin
4 3 (0.57%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.19%) Jaeger
General
1 212 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 181 (34.48%) Finance
3 115 (21.90%) Marketing
4 111 (21.14%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (10.10%) Law
6 52 (9.90%) Legal
7 42 (8.00%) Banking
8 41 (7.81%) Retail
9 32 (6.10%) Financial Institution
10 31 (5.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (5.90%) Manufacturing
11 25 (4.76%) Electronics
11 25 (4.76%) Public Sector
12 21 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (3.81%) Telecoms
14 14 (2.67%) Digital Economy
14 14 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (2.48%) Billing
16 11 (2.10%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 150 (28.57%) Product Manager
2 72 (13.71%) Lead
3 69 (13.14%) Senior
4 29 (5.52%) Senior Manager
5 24 (4.57%) Product Owner
6 21 (4.00%) Senior Product Manager
7 20 (3.81%) Product Lead
8 19 (3.62%) Product Management Director
9 18 (3.43%) Security Engineer
10 16 (3.05%) Architect
11 15 (2.86%) Developer
11 15 (2.86%) Digital Product Manager
12 14 (2.67%) Change Manager
12 14 (2.67%) Technical Support
13 13 (2.48%) Product Delivery Manager
14 11 (2.10%) Head of Product Management
15 9 (1.71%) Development Manager
15 9 (1.71%) Head of Digital
15 9 (1.71%) Python Developer
16 8 (1.52%) E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.62%) REST
2 17 (3.24%) YAML
3 13 (2.48%) Keras
3 13 (2.48%) PyTorch
3 13 (2.48%) TensorFlow
4 8 (1.52%) Flask
5 7 (1.33%) .NET
5 7 (1.33%) EDI
5 7 (1.33%) FastAPI
6 6 (1.14%) Node.js
7 5 (0.95%) React
8 4 (0.76%) JSON
8 4 (0.76%) OAuth
8 4 (0.76%) SAML
8 4 (0.76%) SOAP
8 4 (0.76%) XML
9 3 (0.57%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.57%) Vue
10 2 (0.38%) Next.js
10 2 (0.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 80 (15.24%) Product Ownership
2 54 (10.29%) Onboarding
3 35 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (5.90%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.43%) Data Centre
6 17 (3.24%) Security Posture
7 15 (2.86%) AI Agents
8 13 (2.48%) Algorithms
9 11 (2.10%) Driving Licence
10 10 (1.90%) Cloud Native
11 9 (1.71%) IoT
11 9 (1.71%) Social Media
12 8 (1.52%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.52%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (1.33%) Tandem
13 7 (1.33%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
15 4 (0.76%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.14%) Windows
2 4 (0.76%) Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (0.38%) zOS
4 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (47.24%) Roadmaps
2 213 (40.57%) Agile
3 131 (24.95%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (23.05%) Product Roadmap
5 117 (22.29%) Product Strategy
6 103 (19.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 90 (17.14%) AI
8 87 (16.57%) Analytics
8 87 (16.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 85 (16.19%) User Experience
10 71 (13.52%) Computer Science
11 68 (12.95%) B2B
12 67 (12.76%) Information Security
13 63 (12.00%) Mentoring
14 62 (11.81%) Decision-Making
15 61 (11.62%) Product Vision
16 58 (11.05%) Coaching
16 58 (11.05%) Value Proposition
17 57 (10.86%) User Stories
18 56 (10.67%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.81%) SQL
2 34 (6.48%) Python
3 19 (3.62%) Java
4 17 (3.24%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.14%) C#
6 5 (0.95%) Go
7 3 (0.57%) C++
8 2 (0.38%) Bash
8 2 (0.38%) COBOL
8 2 (0.38%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.38%) JCL
8 2 (0.38%) PHP
8 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.38%) Scala
8 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.19%) Groovy
9 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.19%) R
9 1 (0.19%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 125 (23.81%) Degree
2 58 (11.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (9.90%) Master's Degree
4 32 (6.10%) Security Cleared
5 20 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.71%) MBA
7 8 (1.52%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.52%) PMP
8 7 (1.33%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.95%) CISSP
9 5 (0.95%) CSPO
10 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.76%) CISM
10 4 (0.76%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.57%) CITP
11 3 (0.57%) HNC
11 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.38%) Dell Certification
12 2 (0.38%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.10%) QA
2 27 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.19%) NIST
4 20 (3.81%) Data Quality
5 18 (3.43%) NCSC
6 15 (2.86%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.14%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.95%) IFRS
8 5 (0.95%) PMO
9 4 (0.76%) GDPR
9 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.76%) SEPA
9 4 (0.76%) SLA
10 3 (0.57%) ISO 8583
10 3 (0.57%) PSD2
11 2 (0.38%) COREP
11 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.38%) FINREP
12 1 (0.19%) GMP
12 1 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 11 (2.10%) Docker
2 5 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.95%) vSphere
3 3 (0.57%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.38%) RACF
4 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.90%) Terraform
3 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (0.38%) WSUS
5 1 (0.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) Argo
5 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.19%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 65 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.62%) Google
3 20 (3.81%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.43%) Databricks
4 18 (3.43%) Foundry
5 15 (2.86%) Dell
6 14 (2.67%) SAP
7 13 (2.48%) NVIDIA
8 9 (1.71%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.14%) Zoho
10 5 (0.95%) Adobe
10 5 (0.95%) Manugistics
10 5 (0.95%) VMware
11 4 (0.76%) Sage
12 3 (0.57%) Apple
12 3 (0.57%) Cisco
12 3 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.57%) Oracle
12 3 (0.57%) Tenable
12 3 (0.57%) YouTube